I Congreso Internacional de Ética de Desastres
18 de June de 2024
Hybrid modality
Dates: 20 al 22 de junio de 2024
Venue: 20th to 22nd June 2024
The DESASTRE Project Research Group and the BIOETHICS Research Group of the University of Oviedo are organising the first International Congress on the Ethics of Disasters.
Disaster ethics can be seen as an emerging, hybrid field where many different disciplines converge or overlap. These include applied ethics such as bioethics, public health ethics, environmental ethics, technoethics, some professional ethics (firefighter ethics, police ethics, military ethics, etc.) and, last but not least, humanitarian ethics.
The conference aims to explore the interconnections between these and other fields of the theoretical and practical treatment of disasters. It also aims to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in theoretical and empirical studies and explorations focusing on issues of disaster ethics, including, among many others, the ethical commitments, duties and conflicts of the different actors involved in emergencies and disasters, the ethical relevance of disaster preparedness, the ethical training of professionals working in complex emergencies and disasters, the ethical challenges of disaster research, etc.